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conversation yeah all right let's do it my name is Brandon Henderson I live in Oakland California and I'm originally from Los Angeles and I'm out of the local IBEW and your apprentice?

27s uh actually I used to work at this lumberyard called children white met an electrician there and he said I was too sharp to be working at a lumberyard so go ahead up to three or two go take the test and here I am now what do you do in the refinery?

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48s So usually we do bend a lot of conduit, pull a lot of wire, a lot of troubleshooting also, a lot of instrumentation.

58s Do you like your job here?

59s I love my job.

63s What do you love about your job?

63s I love the people.

65s I feel like a community, a new family.

68s First of all, it's another workout.

70s And steady learning.

74s Always learning.

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Do you think that refinery create good jobs for the community?

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What do you think happens to a community when the refinery closes?

94s A lot of jobs closes, a lot of people get put in debt, and families struggle.

106s They're running through their savings, can't afford anything.

111s So it's hard for a lot of people.

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So you're an apprentice.

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Where do you think this refinery career will take you in your life?

122s It's taking me far right now.

125s It moved me out of Richmond to a nice house in Oakland.

128s So I think there's a lot of growth in the refinery.

133s So, well, yeah.

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Have you heard of the, you know, the problems with like the refinery closing in Venetia, that announcement?

143s Have you heard about the risk of refineries closing?

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I have heard it, and to be honest, haven't done a lot of research on it.

153s But it is for a refinery closing down, I can honestly see how it's affecting a lot of people from that of refinery.

162s So, yeah.

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And there's talk in Sacramento with politicians that we should be importing from the countries, you know, from Iraq, Saudi Arabia.

174s Yeah.

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That's kind of tricky, especially with all the fighting that's going on right now.

183s I feel like we should keep refineries in California.

192s Do you think we should make gasoline in California?

193s I think so.

197s Why do you think we should?

197s More jobs.

202s Give me a sentence on that.

208s I think it will provide more jobs for a lot of people and more money for Americans.

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Do you think it's good for a community to have a refinery?

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Yeah.

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What do you think the benefits are for the community?

228s Exactly, more jobs.

230s more opportunities for people to grow out here and more stability.

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So in other countries, there's not the same laws that we have in California.

253s There's almost no environmental laws and certainly no labor laws.

255s What do you think the difference is between making gasoline in California and making it in some foreign

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It's a lot safer out here than outside the country.

264s I believe that our regulations are more strict.

269s So, yeah, I think that's it.

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Okay, now I'm going to ask you to say a couple things like I did.

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We keep your commute affordable.

288s We keep your commute affordable.

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We make it better and cleaner in California.

301s We should make it in California.

306s Made in California by Californians.

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Keep our jobs in California.

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When a California refinery closes, every family pays for it.

335s Say that one more time.

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When a California refinery closes, every family pays for it.

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If more refineries close, we'll lose thousands of jobs.

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If more refineries close, we'll lose thousands of jobs.

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How will California make up for these losses?

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How will California make up for these losses?

366s I power California.

369s I power California.

371s One more time.

375s I power California.

377s All right.